#intimacy between friends

[melestasflight]

Aredhel and Ecthelion on the Helcaraxë for @march-of-the-noldor

His friend’s heartbeat drums against his ribs. Its rhythm hastens right before she asks, ‘Do you remember the day we sneaked into grandmother’s orchards and fell upon the bushes of chokeberries? I would march barefoot in the snow right now for a single berry.’ Ehtelë fails to recall the taste of the small fruits, although they used to be his favorite. A bitterness of hunger lingers on his tongue. But Írissë need not be burdened with this. ‘How could I forget?’ He smiles at the memory nonetheless. ‘Mother ensured I remember exactly what would happen the next time I decided to steal from Queen Indis’ gardens, be it with her kin or not.’  ‘Do you remember what happened after?’ ‘We shamelessly acted a belly ache to avoid supper, and Anairë saw right through us.’ ‘No, before that.’ Írissë’s heartbeat now clops like the hooves of galloping horses. He knows exactly what she’s asking. That moment he can envision as clearly as the shadows of the lard lamp dancing against the wall of their tent. The flames of their hearts were young, then, and the yearning pulsed through Ehtelë’s body. Not for love letters with feverish confessions nor for muffled whispers between the garden mazes. But touch he had craved, to hold a hand longer, for a kiss to linger. He remembers how he claimed Írissë’s berry-stained lips shyly and clumsily. His friend giving in to her own curiosity, savoring the trust between them before she ended the kiss and escaped, leaving him to chase after her through the woods. Írissë was and still is the faster runner between them. Her lips trace the line of his jaw with intent, and this is not a memory. ‘Írissë, what are you doing? You are so… I am not…’ Ehtelë’s meager protest dies as quickly as the mist of his exhale into the frosty air. Because Írissë’s breath is warm upon his collarbones, and how can anyone resist warmth in a place such as this?

Read the rest of Keep my heart warm while I’m gone on AO3 (M: 1,6k, warning for mourning rites and hunger on the Helcaraxë)

#aredhel #aredhel ar feiniel #ecthelion #Helcaraxë #silmarillion #nolofinweans #the M rated parts are on AO3 #cw mourning rites #intimacy between friends #Native American/First Nations Culture

[johaerys-writes]

I don't get people who are like "whether Patroclus and Achilles had a physical relationship is irrelevant, their bond is more important than that" like yeah sure they're best friends that have grown up together and are each other's favourite/most trusted person, Achilles values Patroclus more than all the Achaeans put together and wishes to sack Troy just for the two of them, Patroclus asks to be buried with him so that they can be together forever, they are narrative foils but also share more similarities than any other pair in the Iliad, their love transcends physical intimacy; in fact no measure of intimacy could make their bond stronger than it already is, whatever souls are made of theirs are the same........... and also, they are fucking

#patrochilles #patroclus #achilles #like it's written ALL OVER the epic #idc if you think gay seggs is superfluous in their case they're totally having it #like i'm sorry to inform you that these two are hitting it raw on the daily #in between raids while covered in gore yes #while also being best friends and soulmates and having a love that transcends our understanding of intimacy and relationships! #like they can have it all!!!! #the iliad #homer's iliad #tagamemnon

[goldentigerfestival]

So. I love this. The way Yuri snickers at Flynn showing his real self. The way he, without hesitation, says "yeah" to the idea that he would die in Flynn's place.

But the most important part of this entire thing, which was changed in the dub, is how Yuri specifically jokes that Flynn is trying to abandon him, and Flynn returns and tells Don he had no intention of abandoning Yuri.

Yuri does not hear this. Flynn knows that. But Flynn uses the exact same term Yuri used earlier, as if it's his answer to Yuri and saying no, I would never abandon you.

For reference:

Personally I just... love the weight of it. How Flynn will say something about Yuri that Yuri won't hear, but he still speaks it out into existence because it's how he really feels.

Just because Yuri won't hear it doesn't mean he won't say it, and in a way that's even more powerful. He's not looking for the credit of saying it. He's not looking to be recognized for saying it. He's not only expressing how he feels about Yuri somewhere that Yuri himself will hear him.

They're just his real, honest feelings, and he'll admit them even if Yuri's not within earshot.

#GTF Vesperia Clips #Fluri #classic Vesperia dub trying to hide all the more detailed intimacy between them tbh #y'all are gonna see it even more when I get around to post the huge posts I'm doing #going through the entire game with the changes they made #and how HEAVILY most of the drastic changes pertain to Flynn and their relationship #like. there's really no reason to change these matching scenes in the dub unless they're doing it on purpose #meanwhile they're the sweetest thing in the original and I'll never get over these scenes being matching scenes #also bc like. this is so important for their dynamic going forward into arc 2 #also partly why I truly believe they'd choose each other over the world in specific contexts #but that's a story for another time LOL. for now just know Flynn has gone on record #to say he would never abandon Yuri right to Don Whitehorse's face #anyway you ever get that feeling of like. when you find out from a friend that #someone said smth nice abt you? but you didn't know they said it? #like you KNOW they're saying nice/good things abt you to other ppl now? that's the vibe I get from this #that he's not just saying it to Yuri's face. he says the important things /to others/ as well #he's not trying to score extra brownie points by using sweet words where he knows Yuri will hear him #to me that's the most honest form of affection. saying your feelings out loud where they won't hear you #Flynn also proved himself before saying it as if the idea was to show not just tell #I think Yuri understands when not joking that Flynn wouldn't abandon him #but Flynn is making sure that not just Yuri knows through his actions but that others know it too #and ultimately Yuri doesn't need to hear it. he can believe it because he can see it #Yuri doesn't need to hear it bc he understands Flynn's feelings without needing to hear it

[ivebeenghosting]

I think canoncially bruce and clark should kiss. not like in a I want superbat to be canon way I don't want that and I know it will never happen but like I feel like after 20+ years of friendship they should smooch a little! on the forehead after a long battle, on the cheek when saying good bye, maybe even one big one on the mouth like a "mmmuah!!" after one of their patented grand gestures they do for each other that comic writers can't help but include in their cross over stories

#whats a little kissy between best friends #superbat #let superman drop a kiss on batmans head right between the ears on the cowl #idk casual intimacy among friends idk

[youngpettyqueen]

when Margaret drops formalities and says Hawkeye but also when CHARLES drops formalities and says Hawkeye. do you see my vision

#mash #listen listen its about the intimacy of a nickname #the clear distinction between when theyre speaking to him as a coworker vs as a friend #ill come back to this when I have the words for a whole thing ok #consumed by my own madness rn

[sainz]

a closeted 20 year old that comes from a conservative rural family falling in love with a openly gay 18 year old on spanish prime tv

#a bit of background: #this is operacion triunfo a spanish tv show about sing! there are 16 contestants and they have to sing every monday a song #so they live in like a school academy where they have each day classes related to music (and they also rehearsal the song the have to #perform the mondays) #okay and like they have 0 connection with the rest of the world (they have phones but with no internet) so they know nothing about #what’s happening outside #SO there’s a youtube channel where they show each day what these contestants are doing (like big brother but related to music) #so um u get really attached to them cause u see them 24h!!! #so one of this contestants is juanjo (the one with the 🧢) and comes from a rural village and his fam is a bit conservative so he never #speaks about his sexuality - all the opposite he’s a bit ashamed of what he is bc he’s now used to act like himself #and then there is martin who is 18 and openly gay and like super open about all this topic super comfortable with himself etc #so this show has been going on for 3 weeks now okay? and in the first week u could see something was going on between these two #but since juanjo is so ashamed of this he rejected every type of touch that came for martin #martin got all ☹️ and he kinda told his friends there that he was having something with juanjo and he wasn’t receptive #(WE WERE SCREAMING IN TWITTER) #well since that moment it has been a fucking rollercoaster but juanjo is now a chiller and they cuddle and flirt in from of everyone #(they even have showers together cause rip they have 0 intimacy) #okay but today has been!!!! PUNTO DE INFLEXIÓN #juanjo has fallen in love so deeply with martin that oh god he needs to be by his side all the time omgomg #and yeah this vid happened tonight while their friends were singing and all twitter cried

[darcyolsson]

truly did not expect to come out of my tmi reread a hardcore jimon but i should have known that the second i started ironically shipping them it was over for me

#i could dissect it for ages but i think their reluctant friendship combined with the fact that they are #objectively the two most attractive characters in the series just makes them make a strange amount of sense #like obviously their dislike for each other is mostly for comedic purposes #but its like.... why is jace avoiding physically touching simon after all this time still? even though they lived together etc? #and also the fact that most moments of intimacy between them are framed as either simon or jace 'losing control' #eg simon drinking jaces blood or jace moving in w/protecting simon when he was mentally in a very dark place #it basicallt perpetuates the narrative of jace (mostly jace) having some kind of positive feelings for simon which he prefers to repress #which makes very little sense. because thats his girlfriends best friend. unless there's something else at play there #do you get me. IM NOT CRAZY. okay maybe a little #vic reads tmi #(also yes simon is arguably the most attractive character in the series based on other characters' interactions with him) #(...and i would go as far to say that simon's attractiveness is as relevant to the plot of tmi as jace's is) #jimon

[karinyosa]

As a model for Brinker Hadley I used Gore Vidal.

jay parini and gore vidal respectively, the united states of amnesia / john knowles, a separate peace

id in alt.

#that elliot roosevelt line… kind of cunty. spirit of gore is in that one. to me #this is also just an excuse to share the gore vidal alan cumming wasabi story. because im OBSESSED lik #alan says he ''miraculously didn’t implode'' and basically just took a swig of his drink after he did That #but every so often he heard him making weird grunts… it was his first time having wasabi CRAZY OLD MAN #that article overall is kind of bleak though like. vidal was known as combative and bitchy for a reason #and cumming comes to the conclusion for a number of reasons that he and his partner had crazy intimacy issues which i don't think is like a #crazy thing to believe about him/them. like he had issues. i can say this because we are good and close friends. #howard was gore’s life partner #their relationship kind of sat on the border between friendship and romance but everyone refers to howard as his partner #which gore never contradicted #he talks about howard in his memoir point to point navigation after the former’s death #which is like. sad. they lived together for over 50 years literally they shacked up very soon after he came out of the war so like YOUNG #and he was reportedly kind of miserable in the last 8 years without howard #a separate peace #gv #web weaving #brinker hadley #john knowles #gore vidal #OH ALSO he was related to a number of politicians most notably jackie o by marriage #so like the elliot roosevelt line isn't entirely unwarranted

[mayasaura]

Hi there! You don't have to post this or reply, but just wanted to let you know that I thought your post about Gideon the "dark academia jock" was so good that I cited it in an article, haha. Thanks for being a mainstay in the fandom!

https://imaginatlas.ca/worldbuilding-in-the-locked-tomb-the-power-of-the-uninformed-perspective/

Like I'm NOT gonna post this??? Oh my god????

HEY GUYS!! CHECK IT OUT! I GOT CITED IN AN ARTICLE!

#It's a good article too! #you are so right my friend #the way these books use perspective in their worldbuilding is phenomenal #and it was one of the things that first grabbed me about them and shoved me headfirst into the chasm #the limitations of the character's perspectives DOES increase the intimacy between the character and the reader #while allowing the reader to discover the world at a manageable and interesting pace #or sometimes and an infuriating and captivating pace #thank you!! #I'm considering this a birthday present and I love it <33 #the locked tomb

[emblemxeno]

Tea parties are way better than weirdass face petting.

#queue #fire emblem discourse #to me blank staring with robotic self insert type conversations based on answering trivia questions #and getting to unlock close blushy views of your students #is much weirder than physical intimacy between friends family and spouses

[melestasflight]

on AO3

He returns to the tangible world as the chilliness of a dying flame touches his skin.

‘The stars have shifted, the dogs are guarding in the west. I shall be leaving for the hunt,’ Írissë says as she wraps the protective leathers tightly around her face. Before he offers to join, she commands gently, ‘Stay and rest.’ 

‘Come back to me when you return,’ Ehtelë responds without fully knowing why. Only that he cannot be parted from Írissë too long. Not now, not when a treasured, fragile light has been kindled in this endless darkness.

His friend says naught in response, but her eyes smile between white furs. An image he has not seen since Tirion, Ehtelë realizes as Írissë steps out into the bitter cold. Keep my heart warm while I’m gone.

In the darkness of Helcaraxë, a flame of love is kindled between Aredhel and Ecthelion.

#aredhel #aredhel ar feiniel #ecthelion #ecthelion of the fountain #friendship/love #helcaraxe #intimacy between friends #aro character #Native American/First Nations Culture #my writing

[jennycalendar]

idk man something about raine and eda’s weird love at first sight where this is a person who just immediately makes you feel safe and seen and who loves you unflinchingly for twenty years even when things sour, to the point where after twenty years you step seamlessly back into loving each other, and the years apart weren’t wasted because they allowed you to grow into the person you needed to be to express and accept love from the love of your life. and your love is so very much supplemented by your community & inextricably linked to the person you have become with a little help from the people you met outside of this life changing love! love where this is your person but this is not your only person!!!! LIKE,

#raeda #i think they just get to me because there is NEVER antipathy between them #their anger at each other comes only when they’re shutting each other out!!!! #they are so clearly and chartably best friends with the same sense of humor #and when we see them as children it isn’t half so Crushy as it is Immediate Intimacy and Silliness #their love is built on a foundation of wanting to be silly and a little meantogether forever

[leprosycock]

i think what’s really wonderful is how despite the fact that i’ve been shipping jlud since dollhouse, they weren’t really, like. friends? for a long time, they were coworkers with an extremely dark and twisted mutual psychosexual obsession with each other. they didn’t really become good friends until much later. but now they are, very much so, they’re unbelievably close and they care about each other tremendously and even people who aren’t totally poisoned by rpf can see that. they’re now close to the point where they aren’t terrified to touch each other and jrma doesn’t fall apart and blush and stutter by being in the same room with him. they play off each other so well and their chemistry is so palpable and smooth and engaging to watch. there was a very long time where we never thought we were going to hear lud call jrma “jeremy” and last night, we got it twice, the first time because lud was teasing and admonishing him and the second time because he was just so excited to hear him speak. lud said after the streamer awards that he’s “too confident” to let other people’s opinions influence him and they never carry any weight, but jrma’s do and his praise makes lud feel “warm” and that’s why he needed j there last night, beginning to end, starting the stream by calling him a Fucking Rockstar on twitter and ending it with not a picture of any of the contestants, none of the crew, none of the commentators, but himself and j. last night never could’ve possibly happened and ended the way it did if their relationship hadn’t progressed and flowered the way that it had throughout this very, very wonderful year they’ve experienced getting to know each other inside and out and i’m so endlessly grateful that i got to see it

#HAPPY JLUD 2022 HERES TO JLUD 2023 #i’m so happyyyyyyyyyy my boys my boys ;((((((( my boys my boys my boys #god PLEASE dude NO ONE calls jrma jeremy except HIMSELF #NONE of his friends do that like the intimacy is so . #it really is trying to erase the barrier between irl person and internet persona because j doesn’t like. Have one around lud. not usually. #at this point he rarely does anyway lol and those ‘jrma’s not real’ jokes just become even worse #anyway they’re fucking raw every night #bunnyvommit

[pangyham]

Some art from 5 months ago..! posted these on instagram. Haven't had the time to draw lately, but i havent really had time to do any of my hobbies in general.

pretty sure i grinded totk the week it came out and it died down as weeks passed not because of disinterest but because i've been occupied. especially since i'm in the middle of preparing for finals.. which right now is just a chunky take home essay exam

but anyway! ah zelink. some totk spoilers below:

part of me is disappointed zelda isnt playable but i knew deep down that wasn't gonna happen so i dont waste my time complaining... don't really know when tloz will deviate from its formula and make zelda a heroine instead of a damsel in distress. however part of me indulges in her absence in totk because of the zelink anecdotes in hyrule (not that. there was a lot, but i'm a little bit deranged over these two. like zelda's diary in hateno, link's hair tie) heehee. it's really hard for me to pinpoint the common trends and patterns of my favorite ships but i will always be a sucker for implicit and anecdotal romance. oh the YEARNING and sorrows and quiet intimacy. when i found out zelda was the light dragon i couldnt stop thinking about link touching his forehead with hers or lying down on her back clutching her golden mane eyes closed and yearning and apologetic and missing. etecetera. every time i think of a new situation i get chest pains. his princess and her knight. AUGH. do you know how lethal it was when i started out totk playing as link and zelda was moving RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THEY'RE TOGETHER. do you also know how lethal it was when we got separated and would remain separated for the rest of the game. man. havent finished the game yet but i hope for an epic cutscene of them together at some point. will probably die if(when? ;_;) that happens

zelink's relationship status is ambiguous and remains conceptual to me. not explicitly romantic, not friendship either. perhaps the most accurate label i can give them is qpr? not sure. i just enjoy these two a lot hahaha.

#please don't reblog! salamat!! #tangy says something to the void #something about being bound by duty and prophecy and finding each other in every timeline #i just really appreciate their canon interactions. they seem to get along in the way friends do but i personally dont see hints of a crush #There's no giddiness just an intimacy between them that isn't normative or conventional of friendship/romance. does anyone get me #i'm not opposed to conventioanlly romantic gestures though like. kisses. link would totally kiss her hand. because i said so #just appreciating the idea of a relationship where their intimacy and trust arent defined by being Best friends or Lovers #i realized this when i used to read zelink fics and found that they didn't quite sate my zelink wants and hcs #romantic lovers zelink isn't accurate to their canon selves and how i personally see their dynamic #it's closer to friendship but more than friendship. but i'm being redundant here it's basically just qpr okay TRUST #my art

[garaktime]

Ancient wildboyz pic got me feeling a certain way

#not trek #jackass posting #and that feeling is mildly dysphoric ache in my chest #my dumb ass anytime i see any form of intimacy between two men #remember how you let dysphoria isolate you to the point where you wouldn't let anyone touch you #only close friends and only platonically but after years even that felt alien #and then you woke up and your 20s was over #anyway #wildboyz was a great show #that bit where they slap Steve-O and he rockets out of a car window from a dead sleep #then just lsys There #good shit

[toxictranny]

when ppl use tone tags it’s amplified for me like what is /srs did u mean /Serious🗿

#online sm i make this emoji face irl.^^ it’s awful #i need buddies😡😡 #i love the internet because it makes me aware of how beautiful things are #but also um it makes me sad because i’m going to die without friends #i CAN imagine if we never met the broskis): #gf was like (dating app that has a friends option)? BRAH!!! never ever #they’ll just wna fuck me and i’ll be sad #because i Like being affectionate witj my friends n intimacy but idk #the line between joking around kissin ur pal on the cheek and having sex with ur pal is so thin around here! #it scares me because what if i can’t find connection without sex #i have all the sex i need ok and i used to be overly sexual. it didn’t go well but it was the only time i had friends when i was willing to #be sexy with any of them at any time #theyd get hurt if you were like ‘oh tht was just a one time thing’ means i’m being monogamous and lame or whatever #one time it turned into i ‘used’ them likeejgjfjr WE MADE OUT AT A PARTY and after that they thought we were gonna make out whenever we saw #each other. at the time i had two partners and i wasn’t looking lol it was just a kiss! #but everyone got mad at me and said i used them for sex (we didn’t have sex) and also that i ~lead them on~ #we were kissing for less than ten minutes too #grow the fuck up. honestly #also???? for the record i would LOVE to bone a friend here and there but i DON’T want ANY expectations for more #it’s just too much presh for me when ppl are like oh we’re in a relationship now! after we fuck #even fwb is a relationship.. situationship.. flirtationship. hook up. softting. like #there’s way too much for me i just want to get a lil jiggy with it couple times a yr. and watch my gf kiss girls thy would be so nice #anyway.. /Serious🗿 #toxictranny